Cigarette dispenser and humidor



Feb. 26, 1929.

1,703,352 O. W. MOORE CIGARETTE DISPENSER AND HUMIDOR Filed Feb. 13,1928 6490a?" (6:? Moore;

Patented Feb. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR W. MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NORLIPP COMPANY,OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CIGARETTE DISPENSER AND HUMIDOR.

Application filed February 13, 1928. Serial No. 254,084.

This invention relates to combination cigarette dispenser and humidor. v

The main objects of this invention are to provide in a deviceof thischaracter which may be economically manufactured, an improved form ofdetachable end for refilling purposes which also serves as an endsupport for the cigarette magazine and likewise services as a housingfor the humidifying or moisture retaining element.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, the portion shown in dottedlines illustrating the mounting of the detachably secured end;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section front elevation of the device taken onthe line 22 of Fig. 3; and,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the construction shown in the drawings a tubular sheet-metal casing 1is mounted for rotation around a vertical axis on a supporting pedestal2. The swivel connection between casing 1 and the pedestal 2 is provided for by eyelet 3. The tubular casing is provided with a permanentlysecured end member 4 and a detachably secured end member 5. An elongatedlongitudinal slot is formed in the casing by striking a portion of themetal outwardly to provide a cigarette vending slot 6 and cigaretteretaining shelf 7. This construction makes for economical production.

A cylindrical sheet-metal magazine 8 is rotatably mounted within thecasing on an axle 9 and is provided with an elongated longitudinal slot10 formed by striking ai portion of metal therefrom which struck outportion forms a cigarette selector and ejector vane 11. It will beobvious that this stamped out construction makes for economicalproduction. The axle 9 is rigidly secured to the manually operablerotating knob 16 and stop lips 12 and 13 struck from the end wall 14 ofthe magazine limit the rotating movement of the magazine by contactingthe lip 15 struck from the end member 4 of the casing.

The detachably secured end member 5 is provided with a housing 17 withinwhich is a humidifying or moisture retaining element 18 such as aplurality of sheets of blotting paper or the like and apertures 19within the housing provide means whereby water may be taken up by theblotting paper when the end 5 is removed and dipped in water. The

detachably secured end member 5 is provided with an annularfiange 20which telescopes within the casing, and the housing for the moistureretaining element telescopes within the magazine to provide an endsupport there- A manually rotatable knob 21 similar to the knob 16 isrigidly secured to the axle 22 carrying the housing 17 The housing isrotatable independently of the end member 5 and rotating either the knob16 or 21, the magazine 8 may be rotated in either direction except in sofar as the same is limited in its rotation by the lips 12 or 13contacting with the lip 15. The magazine may be filled with cigarettes14 by removing the detachably secured end member 5. The detachable endmember thus serves as means for refilling the magazine, serves as an endsupport for the floating end of the cigarette magazine and serves as asupport for the housing for the humidifying or moisture retainingelement.

In rotating the magazine in the direction of the arrow to the positionshown in Figure 3 one cigarette will be selected by the vane andretained in the pocket between the vane and the inner wall of thecontainer during its rotating movement until the slot 10 registers withthe slot 6, whereupon the vane 11 will eject the cigarette which willfall onto the retaining shelf 7. By reversing the rotation of themagazine and then again rotating it in the direction of the arrow,another cigarette will be dispensed.

It will be obvious that the cigarette dispenser and humidor can beeconomically manufactured inasmuch as the dispensing aperture andcigarette retaining shelf are both formed by striking out a portion ofthe casing and the cigarette selector and ejector vane is likewiseformed by striking out a portion of the magamm.

It will also be seen that the detachably secured end not only serves asmeans to insert cigarettes into the magazine but also serves to securethe housing for the moisture retaining element which in turn provides anend support for the floating end of the magazine.

While but one specific embodiment of this invention has been hereinshown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of theconstruction shown may be altered or omitted Without departing from thespirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a dispensing device, a tubular casing, a magazine cylinder Withinand co-axial with said casing, a removable end closing said casing, apost journaled centrally in said end, a disk shaped element secured tothe inner end of said post and arranged to frictionally engage and closesaid cylinder, and ahead on the outer end of said post whereby the innercylinder may be turned with respect to the casing by turning said head.

2. In a device of the class described suitable OSCAR W. MOORE.

